This is a simple stealth walkthrough about Hitman : Absolution. It contains a step by step help for mission 1 to 9 (more to come), general advices and tips I learned by failing hard. Not the Bible of Hitman, just my little contribution to help beginners....

Welcome to the world of Assassination. A perfect game for assassinate a target in many ways. Sometimes target's too easy to find, that's really boring to me. But most of the time creative ways of stealthy approaches make this game more interesting. Try to play it stealthy with all ways of assassinate your target for fully enjoy this one. Story was good. Cinemetic & in game graphics was mind blowing. NPC's and environment of this game felt very realistic. One special thing about this game that you can play online contracts made my other players or your friends and you can create also.

Pros:

1. Good Story.2. Many Ways Of Killing.3. Great Visuals.4. Great Characters.5. Realistic NPC.6. Online Contracts.

This is a fine game. Not excellent. But mostly enjoyable to play. Ideally this is played by sneaking around a lot and not getting caught while you assassinate people. Sometimes you will find yourself in a big gunfight, which is okay at times, but your score will suffer. You can replay levels for maximum score, but frankly this doesn't appeal to me. Neither do the contracts, which are missions played on the same map where you try to maximise your score. Fine value as this can be picked up cheap now.

The actual story didn't grip me and felt fairly typical with some swearing and adult themes to dress it up. Meh.

Graphics: 10/10===========First of all, the visuals in this game are outstanding. For a game that came out 5 years ago (upon writing this review in 2017), I'm utterly surprised at just how great everything still looks. There is so much detail in every level, right down the leaves on the trees. Bump mapping used properly making the "shine" on each piece of texture look realistic, whether it be a light shining off of a concrete floor, or Agent 47's reflective head due to being wet. It all looks fantastic. Well Done.

Sound/Music: 9/10=============Our classic hitman theme is intact and still sounds great. Other scores of music introduced fit well into the presented levels. Sound effects all sound fantastic, from walking down a street/carpet/wood service to the guns firing and richocheting off walls. Excellent +9

Performance: 9/10=============Game ran fine for the most part, with zero crashes during my playthrough. +5

Runs great in Windowed mode. +2

60 FPS on a good machine. +2

Story: 3/10========No point in a brief synopsis for this one. It's just terrible. There is an attempt at a story, which is good, but the writing is attrocious. +5 for effort

College level cinematography during cutscenes. Possibly worse. -1

All characters are boring and dull, even Agent 47. There is little to no personality to anyone other than the game's antagonist. Regardless, you'll find yourself not liking or hating anyone. It's just boring. -1

Gameplay: 4/10===========You are a Hitman. You get to kill your targets throughout various levels in different ways, depending upon certain variables for each level. Some levels are less open than others. +4

No Uplay required. +1

For the levels that have many different options, it's great. Maybe you'll garrote your target in a darkened alley because they decided to take a♥♥♥♥♥♥without their bodyguards. Or maybe you'll just shoot them in an open street with a pistol while fireworks are going off. It's up to you! +4

Some levels in this version of the game have very strict requirements on how you proceed, which is honestly annoying for a hitman game. This was a downer for me. -1

Climbing on walls gets "stuck" sometimes and you won't be able to shimmy left or right. You'll just be stuck, hindering you from a path you chose to take in whichever level it may or may not be required in. Very annoying. -1

The AI is dumb as ♥♥♥♥. This AI is worse than RE5 Sheva (for those that understand that reference). I understand that the AI is basically a computer thats been programmed to function a certain way. That being said, the way the AI acts is just like a computer, but it shouldn't be. It should be more fluid, and even forgiving at times. If one guy spots you, then (sometimes instantaneously), all enemies in a given area will suddenly "sync up" like a bunch of women on their menstrual cycles and they'll all know where you are, and begin shooting at you (or running from you if civilians). Also during this chaotic situation, sometimes the AI will turn and attack each other. I♥♥♥♥♥♥you not that in a very level, a guard spotted me, the "sync up" happened, then this same guard turned away from me and started shooting his buddies, all while they continued to shoot me. Wtf Developers. -2

(If you found that comparison above offensive, get over it. It's a joke. Laugh and enjoy life.)

Enemies have super Hearing and sometimes super Sight, seeing right through walls and containers/closets. Yes, this is a bug. -1

Overall: 7/10 (35/50 = 0.7)===================Yes, the game's score gets a 7/10, but I still don't recommend it. A pretty looking turd that doesn't smell bad is still a turd. This game runs well, but functions horribly. Go play Blood Money instead. I have yet to try the episodic Hitman, but I'm officially skeptical after completing this one. Happy to beat it, and never play it again.

Am I the only one who didnt want to kill Lenny? I mean cm on the kid is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, he didnt know the right from wrong, he got abused his whole life by that scum called Blake Dexter... He didnt even want to kill that nun. I really think it was pointless to ...

I mean from a gameplay perspective. I have been doing a lot of Hitman 2016 and have gone back to Absolution for a bit. I noticed unlike in Hitman 2016 when I sprint-crouch behind enemies they will hear me, and then I get detected. I'm just saying, from...